Bacteria infection?
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If that is a red sore I would be concerned about Uronema. I would do a Ruby Reef Rally bath (90 min) and start dosing metro in the water at 2 scoops per 10G and also metro+Focus+Food for 14 days.
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Big G
captain dunsel
from Humblefish:
Uronema marinum:
Symptoms - These are the red sores often seen on chromis damsels. The disease seems mostly confined to damsels and clownfish, but I have seen some exceptions to that.
Treatment options - This is a very difficult disease to treat. Possible treatment options include: Metronidazole (ex. Seachem MetroPlex), acriflavine (ex. Acriflavine-MS), Chloroquine phosphate and copper. The problem is the fish can never be returned to the infected tank from which it came. Uronema is a “free living” parasite which does not require a fish host. So, going fallow will not eradicate it. Most fish seem protected from it via their natural immune system; but for some reason, chromis and some other fish are not always afforded this protection. Once a tank has Uronema, it must be assumed that the disease can survive in there almost indefinitely.
Formalin bath or freshwater dip may provide temporary relief for Uronema.
Uronema marinum:
Symptoms - These are the red sores often seen on chromis damsels. The disease seems mostly confined to damsels and clownfish, but I have seen some exceptions to that.
Treatment options - This is a very difficult disease to treat. Possible treatment options include: Metronidazole (ex. Seachem MetroPlex), acriflavine (ex. Acriflavine-MS), Chloroquine phosphate and copper. The problem is the fish can never be returned to the infected tank from which it came. Uronema is a “free living” parasite which does not require a fish host. So, going fallow will not eradicate it. Most fish seem protected from it via their natural immune system; but for some reason, chromis and some other fish are not always afforded this protection. Once a tank has Uronema, it must be assumed that the disease can survive in there almost indefinitely.
Formalin bath or freshwater dip may provide temporary relief for Uronema.
Big G
captain dunsel
If it was in the DT, the DT has Uronema. It cannot be "fallowed" (starved out) of a tank. The DT would need to be sterilized.
If it was in a QT, the same holds and the QT needs to be sterilized.
It's a nasty parasite that can survive without a fish host. So any tank with Uronema would have to be sterilized.
If it was in a QT, the same holds and the QT needs to be sterilized.
It's a nasty parasite that can survive without a fish host. So any tank with Uronema would have to be sterilized.
Wow just know that. My DT has UV sterilizer. Another question about QT that if I Follow the instruction from mt current process qt on sticky forum. What if I do after 14 days cooper treatment without another Qt with clean salt water ??If it was in the DT, the DT has Uronema. It cannot be "fallowed" (starved out) of a tank. The DT would need to be sterilized.
If it was in a QT, the same holds and the QT needs to be sterilized.
It's a nasty parasite that can survive without a fish host. So any tank with Uronema would have to be sterilized.
Was this fish in your display tank?
